title: Uptake of D- and L-serine in C6 glioma cells.
abstract: Cultured C6 glioma cells were able to accumulate [3H]D- and [3H]L-serine in a temperature- and Na+-dependent and saturable manner. The kinetic analysis of these accumulation phenomena indicates that the D- or L-serine uptake into the glioma cells might occur by a single-component system with an apparent Km value around 2480 microM (for D-serine) or 110 microM (for L-serine) and a Vmax value around 7 nmol/min per mg protein. The ratio of the L- to D-serine uptake affinity was similar to that previously reported in the astrocytes of rat cerebrum. The inhibition profiles of D- and L-serine uptake by various amino acid and related compounds resembled each other and those of the ASCT-like neutral amino acid transporter. The present findings therefore suggest that C6 glioma cells may accumulate D- and L-serine through a common ASCT-like transporter and provide a useful model for the glial uptake of extracellular D- and L-serine in the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
mesh_terms: D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005910:Glioma / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012694:Serine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D000596:Amino Acids; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D012694:Serine